Draining-machine.



PATENTBD MAR. 24,1903.

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A. TOUPS, OF THIBODAUX, LOUISIANA.

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SPECIFICATION forming part of.. Letters IPa-tent No. 723,341, dated March 24, 1908. Application filed November 6, 1900. Serial No. 35,643. (No mndel To all whom t mag/.counterm- Be it known that I,*FELIX A. ToUPs, a citizen of the United States, residing at Thibo` daux, in the parish of Lafourche and State of Louisiana, have invented anew and useful Draining-Machine, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to draining-machines of that class which, are used for draining marshes and swampy territory of accumulated water and which while not required to elevate the Water to any great height shall be of great capacity,- even when operated at a 4low rate of speed.

My invention embodies in its construction the old-fashioned scoop-Wheel, which is provided with a series'of scoops or tangential blades which successively engage and elevate the Water, dischargingr the same into a tribu'- larshaft, from one end of which it is eventually discharged and conveyed, usually by means of an inclined trough, to the place of deposit.

My invention consists in the improved constructionand arrangement` of parts constituting the said device, whereby asim ple, durable, and efficient device shall be produced, as will be hereinaftenfully described,and

i particularly pointed out in the claim.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure. lis a perspective view` of the scoop-wheel constituting my improved draining-machine.

" Fig. 2 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

Fig. 3 is a longitudinalsection taken on the line 3 3 in Fig. g

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated by like characters of reference.

A series of radial blades 6 6 have their inner edges connected with each other at a common center, as clearly shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. Mounted upon the ends of said blades and connecting the outer edges of the same are tubular sleeves or drums l0 and 12, the inner edges of which are.con nected rigidly with disks 7 and 8, having central apertures 15 for the passage of the radial blades, with which they are also firmly connected, either directly or by Vmeans of the drums 10 and 12, to the edges o f which the yIn small Wheels constructed of sheet metal solder might answer the purpose. In larger wheels constructed of heavier sheet metal, such as boiler-plate, bolts or rivets would be used, or, again, the wheel might be wholly or partially constructed of wood, in which event any suitable connecting means would be employed.

' rIhe sleeve or drum 10 at one end of the device is closed at its outer endby a 4plate 20, which may be provided with a journal 2l, supported in -a suitable box or bearing 22. A bearing for the opposite end of the device may beformed by the drum ot' sleeve l2.

The operation of the device will be readily understood. As the device partially submerged is revolvedthe scoops or blades will .elevate the Water, discharge the same into the compartments-between the radial blades (i, and from thence it will escape through the Aopen end of the sleeve 12.

, I am aware that scoop-wheels embodying the general principle of my invention have been known and successfully used for many Vyears priorY to my invention; but I am not aware that a scoop-wheel embodying the construction and combination of parts as herein set forth has been ever before known or used.

Having thus described my invention, I claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent ot'4 the United States- A device of the class described, comprising a series of radial blades having their inner edges connected at a common center, cylin drical drums mounted upon the ends of said radial blades, disks mounted upon the inner edges of said cylindrical drums and provided with apertures corresponding with said drums for the passage of the radialblades, curved tangential scoop-blades connected at their inn ner edges with the outer edges of the radial my own I'have hereto affixed my signature 'in blades and at their` side edges with the innell the presence of two Witnesses.

sides of the disks and a closure for the outer end of one of'tiie drums, providedwith a FELIX AQTOUPS' 5 trunnion forming one of the bearings of the Witnesses:

device. DENIS CLEMENT,

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as CEAS. J. COULON. 

